Yousra, Elham Shaheen, and Laila Elwi… in an upcoming cinematic race

The summer season of 2026 will witness a strong return of the female lead, through three new films, starring stars from different generations, who have succeeded in maintaining their public and artistic presence over many years. Between the bold social drama, family comedy, and issues related to societal transformations, Yousra, Elham Shaheen, and Laila Elwi are competing in a special competition.

The artist, Yousra, is preparing to release her new film, “The Woman for What,” which is a work that bets on presenting women’s issues from a contemporary perspective, through a story that revolves around the media personality, “Dina Al-Kurdi,” whose character Yousra plays, as she launches a community campaign, called “Veto,” with the participation of two characters, embodied by Yasmine Rais, and Dora.

The “campaign” seeks to encourage women to express their opinions and positions within the family and society. It also opens the door to discussing topics such as: psychological violence, marital abuse, and women’s right to make fateful decisions. As the scope of the “campaign” expands across social media platforms and reaches millions of followers, events escalate amidst a state of controversy and division between supporters and opponents, in a dramatic treatment that reflects the nature of the debates taking place in Arab societies about women’s issues.

The film is one of the works that has a direct social nature, which makes it one of the most anticipated films during the season, especially with Yousra’s return to addressing topics related to real-life issues, and touching on the interests of a wide segment of the audience.

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In a different context, the artist Elham Shaheen returns to the cinematic championship, after an absence that lasted about six years, since the movie “Curfew”, which was shown in 2020, through her new movie “The Barefoot”, which began filming recently. In preparation for its launch in the coming period.

The film raises a thorny issue related to the spread of quackery and sorcery in the age of technology and artificial intelligence, as Shaheen embodies the character of a well-off woman who comes from a popular environment, who finds herself at the heart of events that reveal how some fraudsters were able to employ modern means. To deceive simple people, and exploit their needs and fears.

A number of stars are participating in the action championship, including: Amr Abdel Galil, Khaled Al-Sawy, Ahmed Badir, and Badria Tolba. While Mohamed Al-Ghaiti is writing the script, and the film is directed by Mazen Al-Jabali. The work is expected to present a treatment that combines popular character and contemporary issues, reflecting the transformations that society is witnessing in light of rapid technological development.

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As for the artist Laila Alawi, she is competing with the movie “Ibn Whom Among Them,” which is scheduled to be released in theaters, starting next July 9, to renew her cooperation with the artist Bayoumi Fouad for the fifth time, after the joint successes they achieved in a number of cinematic works in recent years.

The events of the film take place within a comedic framework, based on paradoxes and unexpected situations, where Bayoumi Fouad embodies the character of a playboy businessman named “Rushdy,” whose life turns upside down after the death of his aunt, who leaves him a huge fortune, but requires him to find the son he had in the past from one of his fleeting marriages.

During the journey of searching for the unknown son, he meets the character of the lawyer “Magda”, played by Laila Elwi, a strong woman and defender of women’s rights, and a series of funny situations and comic paradoxes arise between them, which leads the events towards many surprises.

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